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June 1771.   Passage Homeward

brought him to terms at last.

20. Saw a large ship ahead which on our lowering our foretopsail hoisted a flag at her maintopmast head  she soon however made sail & left us

21. About noon we discoverd a fleet of 13 sail of large ships on our weather quarter  these we doubted not were our consorts the India fleet. one Shearwater was seen

22. The Fleet held so much better a wind than us that the fairly went out of sight to windward of us  who indeed had split both our Topgallant sails in a squall

23. Wind very foul  Saw one Shearwater  the reason of so few having been seen this passage may be that during their breeding time they do not wander far out at Sea

30. Both yesterday & today a few Shearwaters were seen  in the night many were about the ship crying very much.

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